{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/599",
  "legislation_title": "Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.\n(2) Commencement\n(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 shall apply to paragraphs (1) and (2) and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(4) In this Order—\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“the Holding Company” means the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company established by section 47(1) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 1967 c.37;\nand any expression used in this Order which is defined in that Act shall have the meaning as so defined.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/599/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:32.563706+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}